NAME: SERVILLETA COUNTY:TAOS ROADS:2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Cold winters BEST TIME TO VISIT: any time

COMMENTS:SERVILLETA. Post office 1913/1949 REMAINS: inquire locally

SERVILLETA. Span., 'napkin, flat plain.' Farming and ranching community on US 285 and old DYRGW RR, 21 mi NW of Taos. Name first applied to Sevilleta Plaza in Rio Arriba, an old Spanish settlement on the Rio Tusas, 2 mi from Taos County line,. When the railroad was built, 1880/85, the name was transferred to the railroad siding, where the village grew. One of thecommemrative titles of the Virgin Mary is La Madona de la Servilleta suggested the painting of Murillo.
Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter